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UFOs over Galisteo and other stories of New Mexico's history / Robert J. Tórrez.
LIBRA F796.6 .T67 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tórrez, Robert J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- New Mexico--History--Anecdotes.
- New Mexico.
- New Mexico--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- These historical vignettes paint an intriguing picture of New Mexico's varied past from the Spanish Colonial era to the Territorial period.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Glimpses of Daily Life 1
- The Risks of Business 3
- An Early Report Card 7
- Arranged Marriages in Nineteenth-Century New Mexico 11
- Early Weaving in New Mexico 14
- The 1829 Census 18
- Acequia Disputes 22
- The Taos Tax Revolt of 1816 26
- Part 2 Indian Relations 31
- The Navajo Campaigns of 1836-1837 33
- The 1844 Ute Raid on Santa Fe 37
- A Trip to Isleta, 1858 41
- The Taos "Revolt" of 1910 45
- Rescues from Captivity 49
- Report from Santa Clara, 1840 53
- A Ute Chief 57
- Part 3 Crime and Punishment 61
- Women and Crime in Colonial New Mexico 63
- A Colonial New Mexico Execution 67
- The Man Who Was Hanged Twice 71
- A Dubious Distinction 75
- A Poisoning at Hillsboro 79
- Forgotten Desperados 83
- A New Mexico "Hanging Bee" 87
- Part 4 Territorial Topics 91
- The Governor's Well 93
- A Fight Over the Territorial Seal 97
- Stagecoaches and the Mail in Early Territorial New Mexcio 101
- The Telegraph Arrives in New Mexico 104
- Squatters in the Palace 108
- UFOs Over Galisteo, 1880 112
- The Circus Comes to Town 115
- Early Hotels and Restaurants in New Mexico 119
- Part 5 Biography 123
- A Soldier's Career 124
- New Mexico's First Official Historian 128
- Tomas Chacon, Frontier Scout and Pioneer 132
- Governor Armijo's Medal of Honor 135
- "...nothing but trouble..." 139
- The President of New Mexico 143
- Memoirs of a Young Girl 147.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0826334350
- OCLC:
- 55495088
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